At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.

People often remain in the dark, not due to lack of light but of failure to open their eyes.

You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.

Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.

We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.

It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.

We want to live a simple life, ... I want to emphasize I'm not an environmentalist who goes to church. I want my principal identity as a Christian to be someone who follows Jesus. I want to work for peace and justice, care for God's environment, be a good neighbor and friend and live the right life.

A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life.